If you live near Lingfield in Surrey why don't you visit The Craft Barn today (Saturday 28th) as they are having 2 free demos of the new Kadoodle stamp collections... The Igglies by Carol Staples, and Lexie Wilson will be showcasing the new designs by our friend and fellow DT member Sandra Dry.
Incidently, next Saturday will be Sandy and Ian's 1st Birthday Craft Fest, a day full of free demo's and events, as they say themselves... "Simply turn up and be inspired".

While you're there you can get your hands on the hilarious and quirky new Flippin Women decoupage designs, they have both a front and a back so are ideal for acetate apertures
They are so funny! I love the aerobics, pilates and yoga designs especially LOL!

Ok, onto this weeks sketch and here's a sketch for those of you who love lots of layers / different papers, we might get more scrapbookers taking part this week too, maybe by substituting the sentiment for some journalling perhaps ;)

Here is the fabulous card made by our guest designer, Susan.
Susan, thank you so much for joining our team these past 2 weeks and for sharing your lovely work with all of us. xx

Saturday, 21 February 2009

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for joining in with our challenge last week :)

This weeks sketch is sponsored by the lovely Emma Lockley, we're so delighted that she offered to be our sponsor again so soon! Thank you Emma! xx

Emma is a UK independant Stampin Up demonstrator.

And this is the prize that Emma has kindly donated for one of you to win this week,
this fantastic 'Botanical Blooms' stamp set by Stampin Up!

Not only that, Emma is continuing with the great offer that she offered you all last time, so if you don't already have a Stampin Up catalogue, you can buy one from Emma for a special price of £2.75 inc p&p (normally £4.95)

ALSO!
Remember that Stampin Up have their "Sale a bration" offer on at the moment so if you spend £45.00 you can receive a free stamp set!!
But you have to be quick because the offer ends next week!
So to take advantage of this fab offer please EMAIL Emma to place your order today!

Here is this weeks sketch for you to enter our challenge...

We also have some very special news to share, we have our first ever Guest Designer joining our team this week!! :)
So we offer a warm welcome to Susan, who has very kindly agreed to be our guest designer for 2 weeks, so you'll see more of her fabulous work next week too! ;)
Here is Susan's adorable card...

And here are the wonderful creations by the rest of the Design Team...

It would help us immensely if you could post a direct link to your challenge entry when you leave your comment. For help with how to do this, please click HERE.
Thank you from all of us and Happy Crafting!! xx

Saturday, 14 February 2009

A HUGE thanks to all of you who took part last week, what a fabulous response!!
Can I just say that we are very grateful to all who enter and assure you that even though sometimes we don't get time to comment to everyone (although we do try to), I promise that EVERYONE gets entered into the prize draw.

So, here we are... February 14th...
HAPPY VALENTINE'S TO YOU ALL!
Hope you all get to spend special time with the one you love.

OK, onto this weeks challenge, and this week we're being sponsored by The Craft Barn!

Sandy has very kindly offered to sponsor us this week, and not only that, we are so excited and extremely delighted to say that The Craft Barn will be our regular ongoing sponsor!! woohoooo!! such fantastic news!!
The last challenge of each month will be the chosen week so please show Sandy your support (of course I know you will as you're all so lovely!)

And what a very fitting prize there is this week.
You could win these 2 adorable Dan & Daisy stamps that are available from the vast range of awesome craft supplies, Dan & Daisy are designed by our very own DT member Sandra (see what I mean about fitting?)

Here is this weeks sketch...

And here's what we have made this week, and some of us have used the same images as this weeks prize :)

Saturday, 7 February 2009

Welcome to week #37 of Sketch Saturday. Our wonderful Jo is getting a well-deserved break! I am Jeanette and this week it is my turn to be the DT who creates a sketch to share with you. I am pretty new at this sketch designing business so I hope you all like it and have fun using it! You can insert a sentiment wherever you wish or leave it out all together! Have fun! I can't wait to see all the different ideas you will come up with! We are so happy to see all your beautiful entries week after week! My wonderful friend Denise of Whimsy Stamps is generously sponsoring us this week and here's a look at the wonderful stamps from the February release that she will send the lucky winner!Whimsy Stamps is an art stamp company dedicated to providing crafters around the world with whimsical and fun rubber stamp designs. Their stamps are made from deeply etched rubber, mounted on Cling Cushion Foam, and once trimmed, they are ready to use with an acrylic block. The stamps can be stored on the laminated card included in the retail packaging. Whimsy ships internationally and you can email Denise here:whimsystamps@gmail.com for all international requests!